Obituaries

Orval O. Ely

Orval O. Ely

Oct 3, 2015

Orval Ely, 90, of Abilene passed away on October 3rd, in Abilene. Visitation with be held on Monday evening, October 5th, from 5 until 7 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning, October 6th, at 11 a.m. at the Wylie United Methodist Church with Reverends Charles Williams,...

O.W. Hickey

O.W. Hickey

Oct 2, 2015

Born November 16, 1923, and raised in the piney woods of East Texas, Oliver William (Bill) Hickey left this life on the evening of October 2nd while in residence at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Coronado’s Camp. He was 91. After graduating from what is now the University of Texas at Arlington in 1942, Bill entered the...

Glenna Mae McInroe

Glenna Mae McInroe

Sep 26, 2015

Glenna Mae McInroe, 82, of Abilene, passed away on September 26, 2015 attended by family in Abilene, Texas. She was a dedicated Christian, wife, mother, and partner. Glenna was born in Lubbock County to J.C. and Stella Taylor on July 20, 1933. She went to school and graduated from Whitharral, Texas. She married Wendell McInroe on June 10, 1952 in...

Doris Pearson

Doris Pearson

Sep 25, 2015

Doris Starritt Pearson, 96, of Tyler (formerly of Abilene), passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015 in Tyler, Texas. Visitation will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Monday, September 28, 2015, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 pm with Pastor David Cason officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood...

Myrna Joyce Woods

Myrna Joyce Woods

Sep 25, 2015

Myrna Joyce Woods, age 83 of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 25, 2015, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was born in Plainview, Texas on February 6, 1932 to Jack and Mae Hendrix. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1949 with a love for music and musicians. In 1951, she married the love of her live, Bill...

Margaret Johnson

Margaret Johnson

Sep 19, 2015

Ms. Margaret Johnson, 87, passed from this life on Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 26, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4515 South 14th Street in Abilene, with Rev. Chris Turner and Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Burial will...

Malcolm H. Bramlett

Malcolm H. Bramlett

Sep 18, 2015

Malcolm H. Bramlett, 66 years old, of Abilene Texas, passed away on September 18, 2015 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be Monday, September 21, 2015 from 5pm to 7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:30am Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Wylie Baptist Church of Abilene,...

Dorothy Reed Carlisle

Dorothy Reed Carlisle

Sep 18, 2015

There was a great celebration in Heaven on September 18, 2015 as Dorothy Carlisle, 85, went to meet her Savior and Lord and all of her family that has gone before. Visitation will be 3:00-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 20th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 21st at The Hamil Family...

Laken Lackey

Laken Lackey

Sep 15, 2015

Laken Lackey, 25, of Abilene, passed away on September 15, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, from 6:00 to 8:00PM, Thursday September 17, 2015 with a Rosary starting at 7:00PM. Funeral services will be held at Wylie United Methodist Church on Friday, September 18, 2015 at 3:00PM...

Frank W. Alloway

Frank W. Alloway

Sep 10, 2015

Frank W. Alloway, 88, of Panama City Beach, Florida passed away on September 10, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. No service will be performed at this time. Frank will be returned to the gulf in Panama City Beach Florida. Frank W. Alloway, was born in Knox County, Kentucky and adopted by Allie and Horatio Alloway. His date of birth was September...

M. J. Chance

M. J. Chance

Sep 10, 2015

Morice Johnie “Son” Chance Sr., 96, quietly went to sleep in the arms of Jesus on Thursday morning, September 10, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Services will be at 12:00 P.M. Saturday September 19 at the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Matthew Lubin officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Burial will...

Grace Hamilton Johnson

Grace Hamilton Johnson

Sep 8, 2015

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Grace Pauline Pettit Hamilton Johnson went home to be with the Lord. She was 98 years old. Now we are left the privilege of summing up a life well-lived for almost a century and pray we honor her with every word we write here. Grace Pauline Pettit was born in Fairmount, Georgia, to Samuel Bennett Pettit...

Ray S. Cannefax

Ray S. Cannefax

Sep 6, 2015

Ray S. Cannefax Jr., 92, passed away peacefully in Conroe, Texas on Sunday, September 6, 2015. Born on July 19, 1923 in Brownwood, Texas, Ray attended school in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in WWII, seeing action in Europe. Returning to Abilene after the war, Ray married the former Juancy...

Joyce Gwendolyn Smith

Joyce Gwendolyn Smith

Sep 6, 2015

Joyce Gwendolyn Smith, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. She was born in Franklin, Texas on December 24, 1930. Joyce retired from Smitty’s Malt Bar in Abilene, and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey C....

Dorothy Marie Garrard

Dorothy Marie Garrard

Sep 6, 2015

Dorothy M. Garrard age 81, of Hawley, Texas, left this earth to be with our Lord on September 06, 2015 in Hawley, Texas. Born in Durham, North Carolina, June 04, 1934, Dorothy was one of seven children born to Vander B. Williams and Myrtle I. (Epps) Williams, and the only daughter. Dorothy married Frank L. Garrard Sr. on May 26th...

Frances Martin

Frances Martin

Sep 5, 2015

Frances Martin, 86, formerly of Abilene, Texas, died Saturday, September 5, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. Born in the Hodges Community in Jones County, Texas on February 26, 1929, Frances was the daughter of Ethel (Earnest) and Tom Vaughn. She married John W. Martin on August 8, 1946. She was a homemaker and a member of Brook Hollow Christian Church in...

Richard Lee Wildman

Richard Lee Wildman

Aug 31, 2015

Richard (Dick) Wildman, 68, of Abilene, passed away on August 31, 2015. Visitation will be Thursday, September 3, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 4, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Brother Charles Love, a former missionary, officiating. Burial will...

Don Russell Allen

Don Russell Allen

Aug 31, 2015

Don Russell Allen, age 27, of Clyde, Texas, passed away on August 31, 2015. Visitation will be Thursday evening, September 3, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Beltway Park Church Chapel, South Campus, 4009 Beltway South. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 4, at Beltway Park Church Worship Center, South Campus, 4009 Beltway South, officiated by Pastors...

Robert Lara Alvarez

Robert Lara Alvarez

Aug 31, 2015

Robert Lara Alvarez, 66, of Abilene, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. Rev. Richard Crosby will...

Joe Wayne Lanier

Joe Wayne Lanier

Aug 30, 2015

Joe W Lanier passed away Sunday August 30, 2015. Born April 13, 1931 in Eastland, TX, he was preceded in death by his parents GB and Verna Lanier and daughter Linda Jo Lanier. Joe leaves his devoted companion Maggie Smith, his son Leslie Lanier and wife Rosie, daughters Marlee and Lisa Lanier, grandson Justin Rowan and wife Kara, granddaughter Kami...